Nassar & Nagendra Babu Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Nagendra Babu appeared together in 5 Telugu films between 2011 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sadha Nannu Nadipe (2022 — 7.0/10). Films span Prema Kavali (2011) through Sadha Nannu Nadipe (2022).
The Nassar & Nagendra Babu partnership
They saved their best for last — Sadha Nannu Nadipe (7.0/10) came 11 years in. From Prema Kavali (2011) to Sadha Nannu Nadipe (2022). Sadha Nannu Nadipe is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Prema Kavali (2011).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Vettai; the 2020s to Sadha Nannu Nadipe. Nassar acted in every film; Nagendra Babu acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.
Partnership facts
- Nagendra Babu personally called Nassar to play the villain in Baadshah (2013) after the original choice backed out. Nassar agreed on one condition: his character should have a proper backstory, not just a generic bad guy.
- In Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016), Nassar played the comic sidekick to Nagendra Babu's ghost. The director said Nassar deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery to match Nagendra Babu's deadpan timing — making their banter feel like a real old-friends conversation.
- During the shoot of Sadha Nannu Nadipe (2022), the two would share a cup of filter coffee every morning before the first shot. Nagendra Babu later said it was the only thing that kept him awake during the night shoots.
- Their pairing in Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016) directly inspired the comic-relief duo in the 2018 horror-comedy 'Achari America Yatra' — the writer admitted he wrote the roles specifically for two older actors who could recreate that bickering-ghost-and-frightened-friend energy.
- Nagendra Babu said in a 2017 interview: 'Nassar is the only actor who can make me forget my lines because I'm laughing so hard. We ruined at least five takes on Soggade because I couldn't stop giggling.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2020s brought 1 film together, anchored by Sadha Nannu Nadipe (7.0/10).
- Vettai
- Soggade Chinni Nayana
- Sadha Nannu Nadipe
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nassar had 119 films behind them; Nagendra Babu had 23. After Sadha Nannu Nadipe, Nassar kept going for 25 more films; Nagendra Babu stepped back.
Before Prema Kavali, Nassar had starred in 119 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Sadha Nannu Nadipe, Nassar went on to appear in 25 more films, including 800 (2023) and Hi Nanna (2023).
Before Prema Kavali, Nagendra Babu had starred in 23 films, including Hero (2008) and Chandamama (2007).
After Sadha Nannu Nadipe, Nagendra Babu went on to appear in 3 more films, including Baby (2023) and Peddha Kapu - 1 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Brahmanandam is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Brahmanandam appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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